About Me
YOGA
I was introduced to yoga when I was in college. At first I thought yoga was “cool” and wanted so badly to incorporate it into my life, but I found it incredibly frustrating. Something about linking my breath to my movement and holding warrior poses felt so difficult and I felt resistant to tuning in, so I took a break.
Eventually, an injury and a class trip led me back to yoga. It was on that trip where I realized that this consistent movement practice could support my physical healing, and if I could allow myself to truly tune in and embrace the mind-body-breath connection, my emotional healing as well. It was only through that initial discomfort and darkness that I was led to the spiritual and emotional side of yoga, and to my 200-Hour teacher training.
Now as a E-RYT200 I look back and I see so clearly why I was frustrated by the physical practice. It forced me to look inward and brought all my emotional pain and stuck energy to the surface, which I wasn’t ready to face. Time taught me that allowing myself to feel and work through this discomfort was the only way to heal.
ENERGY WORK
Reiki came into my life at a time where I most needed it, but wasn’t ready to step onto the path of my own healing. After the class yoga trip, our professor invited us to sign up for a level 1 reiki training with a practitioner she was bringing to the school. I wasn’t really sure what I was signing up for, but something about it spoke to me.
I knew that this was meant to be on my journey, but at the time of completing the training I was stuck on a path I knew wasn’t meant for me. Self sabotage, unhealthy habits, numbing and trying to fill in the missing pieces of my heart with external things I knew would never work. In time, and through a lot of work I felt the energy call me back to it and I knew I was ready.
I received my Reiki level 2 certification in 2018, my Reiki Master certification in June 2021 and my IET level 1 certification in October 2021.
We are all on our own journey’s to remembering who we are, why we are here, and what our purpose is. My intention through movement and energy work is to help clients find a quiet place within themselves where they can foster self love, awaken their bodies natural healing abilities, and release blockages that are holding them back and keeping them from remembering their truth.
All your life society has told you that you can’t. You can’t be who you want to be. You can’t have the career you want. You can’t live the life you’ve dreamed of. You can always count on doubt and fear to tell you these things. It is your job in this lifetime to remember that you can.
I believe that fear is an illusion created to prevent us from developing our own light, stepping into our power, and remembering who we are. My passion is to help others step onto their own path towards healing, so they can be reminded that love is all they were born with. My only hope is that my experiences can be turned into something greater and help awaken your spirit to the light that is already within you.
To all of the teachers and friends who have helped me on this journey, I am forever grateful.
When I’m not practicing or teaching, I enjoy traveling, hiking with my dog, baking, and doing sustainable DIY projects!
I have a small business - Awakened Roots - where I create reiki infused suncatchers and crystal jewelry. To see and hear more about that you can follow my instagram page or check out my Etsy shop!
“We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness”
— Thich Nhat Hanh
